JP2012046956A - Faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a faucet capable of preventing bendable piping, which communicates with a faucet body, from colliding with a person by behaving violently during inspection work and the like.SOLUTION: A stay for being attached to a wall 2 is provided. A faucet body 19 for being held by the stay is also provided. A holder 7 for being attached to the wall 2 and holding bendable water supply piping communicating with the faucet body 19 is also provided.

Description

  The present invention relates to a wall-mounted faucet.

  Conventionally, a faucet that supports a faucet body with a stay attached to a wall is known from Patent Document 1. This faucet has a cover that covers the water supply pipe that communicates with the faucet body, and by removing the cover body that constitutes a part of the cover, the pipe can be inspected and the connecting part between this pipe and the faucet body The operation of the stop cock provided in can be performed.

JP 2008-1338397 A

  By the way, it is preferable that the pipe is made of a flexible pipe or the like in consideration of workability. However, if this is done, there is a risk that the flexible pipe will be exposed to humans when water is passed during the inspection work, etc., and this pipe is a hot water supply pipe that supplies hot water to the faucet body. If there is, there is a risk of burns.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, Comprising: It makes it a subject to provide the faucet which can prevent the flexible pipe | tube connected to a faucet body at the time of an inspection work, etc. and hitting a person.

  In order to solve the above problems, a faucet of the present invention includes a stay attached to a wall, a faucet body held by the stay, a flexible water supply attached to the wall and communicating with the faucet body. A holding tool for holding the piping for use is provided.

  The cover includes a cover that covers the stay, the pipe, and the holder, and the cover includes a plurality of cover bodies, and a fitting portion is formed on an inner surface of the cover body, and the fitting is performed on the holder. It is preferable that a fitting portion to which the joint portion is fitted is formed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the flexible pipe communicating with the faucet body from being exposed to a person during an inspection operation.

It is a perspective view of the water faucet which shows the state before attaching the 3rd cover body of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a water tap. It is the perspective view seen from the rear side of the faucet. It is a perspective view which shows the state before temporarily fixing a water supply pipe and a hot water supply pipe to a wall with a holder. It is a perspective view of a holder. It is a perspective view which shows the state which hooked the faucet unit on the hook. It is a perspective view which shows the state before hooking a faucet unit on a hook. It is a perspective view which shows the state before fixing the coupling of a faucet unit to a wall. It is the perspective view which looked at the upper part of the cover from the rear side. It is a horizontal sectional view which shows the state which attached the 3rd cover body to the holder.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The faucet 1 of this embodiment is a hot and cold water faucet with a cover provided along the wall 2 of the bathroom (see FIG. 1 and the like). In the following description, unless otherwise specified, each component of the faucet 1 will be described with reference to the direction in the installed state. That is, the direction orthogonal to the wall 2 will be referred to as the front-rear direction and the wall 2 side as viewed from the faucet 1 will be described as the rear.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a water supply pipe 3 and a hot water supply pipe 5 are provided in the bathroom as pipes for supplying water to the faucet 1. The water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are flexible pipes that can be bent. The water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are passed through the inside of a counter 6 that protrudes forward from the wall 2, and are then drawn out above the counter 6 along the wall 2. The water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are temporarily held by a holding tool 7 attached to the wall 2 before installation of a faucet unit 13 and a cover body 18 which will be described later.

  The holder 7 is formed by bending a belt-shaped metal plate made of stainless steel. As shown in FIG. 5, holding portions 8 for holding the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are formed on both sides of the holder 7. Each holding portion 8 is formed into a horizontal cross-sectional groove shape by bending a part of the metal plate in the longitudinal direction so as to protrude forward, and a groove 9 that opens vertically and rearward is formed inside each holding portion 8. ing. Long holes 11 through which screws 10 are passed are formed in portions fixed to the walls 2 on both sides of the holder 7, and each long hole 11 is disposed outside the both holding portions 8 in the left-right direction.

  In order to temporarily hold the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 drawn out from the counter 6 with the holding tool 7, first, as shown in FIG. 4, the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are partially flexible in the longitudinal direction. Wrap soft tape 12 with Next, the rear surface of the holder 7 is arranged in the vicinity of the wall 2 in a state where the portions of the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 wound with the soft tape 12 are vertically passed through the grooves 9 of the corresponding holding section 8. Abuts against the wall 2. Subsequently, screws 10 passed through the long holes 11 from the indoor side are screwed into the wall 2. In addition, this screwing is not finally tightened but is in a temporarily tightened state. Thereby, each of the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 is temporarily held between the front surface portion of the holding portion 8 and the wall 2 via the soft tape 12.

  The faucet 1 includes a faucet unit 13 shown in FIG. 6, the holder 7, and a cover 18 made of synthetic resin shown in FIG.

  The faucet unit 13 is attached to the wall 2 above the counter 6. As shown in FIG. 6, the faucet unit 13 covers the faucet body 19, joints 20 and 21 and shower pipes (not shown) provided on the faucet body 19, the stay 22, and the left and right sides of the stay 22. The cover body 16 and the cover body 17 (see FIG. 7 and the like) covering the upper side of the stay 22 are configured.

  The faucet body 19 has a cylinder (not shown) with a built-in valve device incorporated in the housing 23. The rear part of the housing 23 is formed in a rectangular shape whose longitudinal direction is the left-right direction when viewed from the rear. The rear portion of the housing 23 is a sandwiching portion 25 that is sandwiched between the cover body 16 and the cover body 17.

  The downstream end portions of the joints 20 and 21 are connected to both sides of the rear surface of the sandwiching portion 25. Each of the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 is connected to the cylinder by the joints 20 and 21.

  Low temperature water and high temperature water are respectively supplied from the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 through the joints 20 and 21 into the cylinder, and the low temperature water and the high temperature water are mixed in a desired ratio in the cylinder. Water of the desired temperature is produced. Hereinafter, the low temperature water supplied from the water supply pipe 3 to the cylinder is “water”, the high temperature water supplied from the hot water supply pipe 5 to the cylinder is “hot water”, and these “water” and “hot water” are mixed in the cylinder. The water obtained in is described as “hot water”.

  A water outlet 26 for discharging hot water is provided in the front central portion of the housing 23 so as to protrude downward. The upstream end of the shower pipe is connected to the center of the rear surface of the sandwiching section 25 of the housing 23, and a shower head (not shown) is provided on the downstream side of the shower pipe.

  A switching handle 27 is provided on the outer surface of the front portion of the housing 23. By operating the switching handle 27, it is possible to switch whether hot water generated in the cylinder is supplied and discharged to the water discharge port 26 side or supplied to the shower piping side and discharged from the shower head. Further, by operating the switching handle 27, the amount of hot water discharged from the water outlet 26 or the shower head can be adjusted.

  A temperature adjustment handle 28 is provided on the outer surface of the front portion of the housing 23 opposite to the switching handle 27. By operating the temperature adjustment handle 28, the ratio of water and hot water mixed in the cylinder can be adjusted, and thereby the temperature of hot water discharged from the water outlet 26 and the shower head is adjusted.

  Each of the joints 20 and 21 includes a socket bent in a crank shape when viewed from the side. A non-illustrated stopcock and strainer (not shown) are housed in the pipe portion 29 extending in the front-rear direction formed in the lower part of each joint 20, 21 by making it into a crank shape.

  Each joint 20, 21 has a connection port 30 projecting downward at the lower end. The downstream end of the water supply pipe 3 and the downstream end of the hot water supply pipe 5 are connected to the connection ports 30 of the joints 20 and 21, respectively.

  An operation portion 31 for the stop cock is provided on the front surface of the pipe portion 29 of each joint 20, 21. By operating each operation part 31, whether to supply water from the water supply pipe 3 or the hot water supply pipe 5 to the faucet body 19 is switched.

  The front surface of the pipe portion 29 of each joint 20, 21 is constituted by a removable cap 32, and the strainer is attached to the cap 32. By removing the cap 32 from the joints 20 and 21, the strainer can be removed from the joints 20 and 21 and cleaned.

  A stay 22 disposed behind the faucet body 19 is attached to the wall 2 and holds the faucet body 19 via joints 20 and 21. The stay 22 is made of a stainless steel metal plate, and as shown in FIG. 3, has a plate-like wall-hanging portion 33 that is long to the left and right, and a joint fixing portion 35 that protrudes downward from both sides of the wall-hanging portion 33. . The joints 20 and 21 are attached to the joint fixing portions 35 by screws (not shown).

  The cover bodies 16 and 17 of the faucet unit 13 are made of a synthetic resin molded product like the cover body 18, and the cover 15 of the faucet 1 as a whole is constituted by these cover bodies 16 to 18. Hereinafter, each of the cover bodies 16 to 18 is referred to as a first cover body 16, a second cover body 17, and a third cover body 18.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the first cover body 16 is formed by integrally connecting side plate portions 36 arranged on both sides of the stay 22 with connecting portions 37, and is attached to the stay 22.

  Each side plate portion 36 constitutes the side surface of the upper end portion of the cover 15. The connecting portion 37 is formed in a horizontal plate shape that connects the front end portions of the lower edges of the side plate portions 36. A lower edge portion 38 that protrudes inwardly is formed on the lower edge of each side plate portion 36. The front ends of the lower edge portions 38 are connected to both side end portions of the rear edge of the connecting portion 37, and an opening 39 is formed between the lower edge portions 38.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, a fitting portion 40 that protrudes inwardly is formed on the upper portion of the rear end portion of the inner surface of each side plate portion 36 of the first cover body 16. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, fitting portions 41 are formed at both end portions of the wall hanging portion 33 of the stay 22.

  In order to attach the first cover body 16 to the stay 22, the fitted portions 40 of the side plate portions 36 of the first cover body 16 are fitted into the corresponding fitting portions 41 of the stay 22. Thereby, the movement of each fitting part 40 in the up-down direction and the front-rear direction is restricted. Further, in a state where the respective fitted portions 40 of the first cover body 16 are fitted into the fitted portions 41 of the stay 22 in this way, the fitted portions 41 of the stay 22 are formed on the side plate portions 36 of the first cover body 16. Contact the inner surface. Accordingly, the inward movement of the side plate portions 36 of the first cover body 16 is restricted by the fitting portion 41 of the stay 22.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the first cover body 16 attached to the stay 22 is overlapped with the front edge of the connecting portion 37 in contact with the rear lower edge of the sandwiching portion 25 of the faucet body 19. . Further, the front edge portions of both side plate portions 36 of the first cover body 16 are overlapped with the rear end portions on both side surfaces of the sandwiching portion 25 of the faucet body 19. Further, the lower portions of the joints 20 and 21 attached to the stay 22 protrude downward through the opening 39 of the first cover body 16.

  As shown in FIG. 9, one side plate portion 36 (the left side plate portion 36 in the illustrated example) of the first cover body 16 has a hole 42 for drawing the downstream side of the shower pipe from the faucet unit 13. Is formed.

  The second cover body 17 is attached to the first cover body 16 and the stay 22. The second cover body 17 constitutes the upper end surface of the cover 15 and covers the upper part of the space formed between the side plate portions 36 of the first cover body 16.

  At two front and rear positions on both sides of the lower surface of the second cover body 17, a hooked portion 43 having an L shape in side view protruding downward is formed. On the other hand, hooking portions 45 are formed at two locations on the front and rear of the inner surface of each side plate portion 36 of the first cover body 16. In order to attach the second cover body 17 to the first cover body 16, the respective engaged portions 43 of the second cover body 17 are engaged with the corresponding engaging portions 45 of the first cover body 16.

  In the center of the rear end portion of the second cover body 17, a latching portion 46 having a substantially L shape in side view and protruding downward is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a hooking hole 47 is formed in the central portion in the left-right direction of the wall hooking portion 33 of the stay 22. In a state where the second cover body 17 is attached to the first cover body 16, the leading end portion of the latching portion 46 of the second cover body 17 is latched on the upper edge portion of the latching hole 47 of the stay 22.

  When the second cover body 17 is attached to the first cover body 16 as described above, the lower surface of the front edge portion of the second cover body 17 is the rear end of the sandwiching portion 25 of the faucet body 19 as shown in FIG. It is in contact with the upper surface of the part and overlapped. As a result, the sandwiching portion 25 of the faucet body 19 is sandwiched up and down between the connecting portion 37 of the first cover body 16 and the second cover body 17.

  When attaching the faucet unit 13 to the wall 2, two hooks 48 are provided on the wall 2 side by side as shown in FIG. Each hook 48 is formed of a cylindrical spacer, and a groove 49 is formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof in the circumferential direction. In order to attach each hanging tool 48 to the wall 2, the screw 51 is passed through the hole inside the tubular hanging tool 48 from the front and fixed to the wall 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, wall hanging holes 52 are formed on both sides of the wall hanging portion 33 of the stay 22. Each wall-hanging hole 52 is a saddle hole in which the upper hole width is smaller than the lower part. A wall adhering portion 53 is formed at the lower part of each joint 20, 21. The wall fixing portion 53 protrudes from the rear end portions of the joints 20 and 21 toward the left and right sides. Each wall adhering portion 53 has a hole 56 through which a screw 55 is inserted.

  The faucet unit 13 is attached to the wall 2 as follows. First, the corresponding hooks 48 are inserted into the lower portions of the wall hook holes 52 on both sides of the stay 22. Next, the faucet unit 13 is moved downward along the wall 2, and the hooks 48 are arranged above the wall hooking holes 52. Thereby, the upper edge part of the wall hanging hole 52 fits into the groove 49 of each hanging tool 48, the wall hanging part 33 of the stay 22 is hooked on both hanging parts 48, and the faucet unit 13 is walled as shown in FIG. Temporarily fixed to 2. Then, the faucet unit 13 is permanently fixed to the wall 2 by fixing screws 55 passed from the front through the holes 56 of the wall fixing portions 53 of the joints 20 and 21 to the wall 2.

  In the connection port portion 30 of the joints 20 and 21 of the faucet unit 13 attached to the wall 2 in this way, the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 temporarily held by the holder 7 as shown in FIG. The downstream end is connected.

  Each screw 10 for attaching the holder 7 to the wall 2 is passed through a long hole 11 (see FIG. 5) that is long on the left and right of the holder 7. For this reason, the holder 7 can be moved in the left-right direction with respect to the screw 10, and the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 can be easily connected to the joints 20 and 21.

  After connecting the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 to the joints 20 and 21 as described above, each screw 10 passed through the holder 7 is finally tightened, and the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 are walled by the holder 7. 2 is fixed. At this time, the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 can be stored in the holding portion 8 via the soft tape 12 in a state where the soft tape 12 is compressed as shown in FIG. And the hot water supply pipe 5 can be temporarily held.

  The third cover body 18 is detachably attached to both the first cover body 16 and the holder 7 and is disposed between the counter 6 and the faucet unit 13 above this.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the third cover body 18 protrudes from the front surface portion 57 on both side surface portions 58 and the lower surface portion 59 rearward, and opens upward and rearward. On both sides of the lower surface portion 59, notches 60 for passing the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 drawn upward from the counter 6 are formed.

  On the lower inner surface of each side surface portion 58 of the third cover body 18, a fitted portion 61 having a vertically long recess is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, fitting parts 62 into which the fitted parts 61 are fitted are formed at the left and right ends of the holder 7. Each fitting portion 62 is formed in a chevron shape in which an end portion of a metal plate forming the holder 7 is folded back on the front side and protrudes outward in a horizontal section.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front surface portion 57 of the third cover body 18 is inclined so that the lower portion is vertical while the upper portion is positioned forward as it is upward. As shown in FIG. 1, plugged portions 63 that protrude rearward are formed on both sides of the upper end portion of the front surface portion 57. A hooking portion 65 that protrudes rearward and has a claw portion 66 at the tip is formed in the center of the upper end portion of the front surface portion 57. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, at the upper end of each side surface 58 of the third cover body 18, an insertion portion 67 having an inverted L-shape in back view protruding inward is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a rear edge portion 68 protruding downward is formed at the rear edge portion of the connecting portion 37 of the first cover body 16. Insertion grooves 69 whose front sides are opened by protruding ribs forward are formed at both end portions of the rear edge portion 68. In addition, an insertion groove 70 is formed at the rear end portion of each lower edge portion 38 of the first cover body 16 so as to protrude downward and open forward. Each insertion groove 70 is formed in an inverted L shape when viewed from the front.

  In order to attach the third cover body 18 to the first cover body 16 and the holder 7, the third cover body 18 is inclined so that the upper side is located on the front side, and the concave fitted portions of the third cover body 18 are arranged. 61, the tip of each fitting portion 62 of the holder 7 is fitted. Next, the upper portion of the third cover body 18 is pushed forward, and each inserted portion 63 and each inserted portion 67 of the third cover body 18 are inserted into the corresponding insertion grooves 69 and the insertions of the first cover body 16. Insert into the groove 70 from the front. At the same time, the hooking portion 65 of the third cover body 18 is inserted below the rear edge portion 68 of the first cover body 16 as shown in FIG.

  As described above, as shown in FIG. 10, each fitting portion 62 of the holder 7 is fitted to each fitted portion 61 of the third cover body 18, and the movement of the lower portion of the third cover body 18 in the front-rear direction is restricted. Is done. Further, each inserted portion 63 and each inserted portion 67 of the third cover body 18 are inserted into the insertion groove 69 and the insertion groove 70 of the first cover body 16, and the third cover body 18 is the first cover. Supported by the body 16. Further, the claw portion 66 of the hook portion 65 of the third cover body 18 is hooked on the rear surface of the rear edge portion 68 of the first cover body 16, thereby restricting the forward movement of the third cover body 18.

  When the third cover body 18 is attached to the first cover body 16 and the holder 7 in this way, the lower parts of the joints 20 and 21, the water supply pipe 3, the hot water supply pipe 5, and the holder 7 are attached by the third cover body 18. Is covered. That is, in the entire cover 15 constituted by the first cover body 16, the second cover body 17, and the third cover body 18, the stay disposed between the faucet body 19 and the wall 2 in the front-rear direction. 22, the joints 20 and 21, the water supply pipe 3, the hot water supply pipe 5, and the holder 7 are all covered.

  The upper end portion of the cover 15 is composed of a first cover body 16 and a second cover body 17 of the faucet unit 13, and the same portion projects forward from the third cover body 18.

  By removing the third cover body 18 from the first cover body 16 and the holder 7, the lower portions of the joints 20 and 21, the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 can be exposed. For this reason, it is possible to easily perform inspection operations such as operation of the stop cocks provided in the joints 20 and 21, cleaning of the strainer, and water leakage check.

  The faucet 1 of the present embodiment described above retains a flexible water supply pipe communicating with the faucet body 19, that is, the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5, by the holder 7 attached to the wall 2. be able to. For this reason, when water flows into the water supply pipe 3 or the hot water supply pipe 5 at the time of the inspection work or the like, it is possible to prevent the water supply pipe 3 or the hot water supply pipe 5 from being exposed to people.

  A cover 15 that covers the stay 22, the water supply pipe, and the holder 7 is composed of a plurality of cover bodies 16 to 18, and a fitted portion 61 formed on the inner surface of one of the cover bodies 18. Can be fitted into the fitting portion 62 formed on the holder 7. For this reason, the 3rd cover body 18 can be firmly fixed using the holder 7 for preventing that the piping for water supply rampages.

  The faucet 1 of the present embodiment is a hot and cold water mixing faucet, but it may be a faucet that discharges only water or hot water, that is, in this case, a water supply pipe 3 or a hot water supply pipe 5 is used as a water supply pipe. Will be provided. In addition, the stay 22 of the present embodiment holds the faucet body 19 via the joints 20 and 21, but the stay 22 may hold the faucet body 19 directly. The water supply pipe may be directly connected to the faucet body 19 without using the joints 20 and 21. Furthermore, the water supply pipe may be constituted by a flexible hose, that is, it may be a flexible pipe. Alternatively, the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 may be directly held by the holding portions 8 of the holder 7 without providing the soft tape 12. Moreover, each holding part 8 of the holder 7 may hold the water supply pipe 3 and the hot water supply pipe 5 via a member having flexibility other than the soft tape 12. Further, in the present embodiment, the cover 15 is constituted by the cover bodies 16 to 18, but the cover may be constituted by two or four or more cover bodies.

1 faucet 2 wall 7 holder 15 cover 19 faucet body 61 mated part 62 mated part

Claims (2)

  A stay attached to a wall, a faucet body held by the stay, and a holder for holding a bendable water supply pipe attached to the wall and communicating with the faucet body A faucet.   The cover includes a cover that covers the stay, the pipe, and the holder, and the cover includes a plurality of cover bodies, and a fitted portion is formed on an inner surface of the cover body, and the fitted portion is formed on the holder. The water faucet according to claim 1, wherein a fitting portion is formed to which is fitted.

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